Poisoned-food corral



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,624

P. ERICKSON. POISONED FOOD 00am.

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Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED PETER ERICKSON, OF OGEIVL'A, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

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Application fi1ed:March '11, 1-925. Serial No. 14 833.

To ((ZZ ill/ 10777, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pn'rnu EKICKSON, a

subject of thc-Kingof Englanchresiding: at.

Ogema, Province of Saskatchewan, Do-

minion of Canada, have invented certain,

new and useful Improvements in Poisoned- Food, Corrals, of which the following 1s a spec fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to :21 poisoned-food corral, andflthe primary-object .of my. invention is to provide a: foldable or collapsible device that may be placed in. a field, barn ya,i'd,,'or any place where small animals, gophers, mice, rabbits,o. or the like are amusance, the device being designedto poison such animals and prevent destruction of growing grain, stacks of oat sheaves, small chickens vand property. Some communitiesarebotheredby rabbits destroying grasses, vegetables, and other matter, and my device is adapted to provide a bait for such animals with the bait poisoned so that the animals will eventually be killed.

Another object of my invention is to provide an inclosure for a poisoned-food container which will permit various kinds of animals to reach the poisoned food container, but exclude other animals. The device is of a particular nature and may be knocked down and folded so as to occupy a comparatively small space when not in use and particularly during shipment.

The above and other objects are attained by a construction that will hereinafter be specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of the poisonedfood corral;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 1, and n Fig. 4 shows a portion of the device folded or collapsed.

The device comprises a longitudinal beam 1 and cross-beams 2, such cross beams bein disposed in parallelism and right angles to the beam 1. The lower face of the beam 1 may be grooved, as at 3, to receive the beams 2 or said beams may have the upper faces thereof grooved to receive the beam 1, so that when said beams are joined they form a substantially H-shaped frame.

wires being close enough together At. th-eouter ends of thebeams 1 and 2 are posts 4 hingedly connected to the upper faceszof said beams, as at 5,, so'that said posts may be folded inwardly and down wardly. Allof the posts are adapted to be supported-in vertical positions on the endsof the beams by angularly disposed braces- 6,,said@braces having the lower endsthereof hingedly connected, as at'Z, tothe beams 1 and 2, and the upper ends ofv saidwbraces may be detachably connected .to'inner walls ofthe posts by holdfast :ClOVlCQS S- of; a conventionalqform.

Mounted on the beam 1 intermediate the ends thereof, ,isan'upright 9 which mayalso be hinged, as at 10, so that it may be folded downwardly. This upright has one face thereof provided with-apoisoned food con-- tainer 11, for instanceof that type disclosed by my- UnitedStates vPatent No. 1,233,352,.

dated July '17, 1917'. On the opposite side of the upright is fastened a holder 12 for a suitable bait, for instance poisoned sheaf oats, grass or vegetables. This holder and the upright 9 are braced by an angularly disposed rod 13, either end of which may be disconnected so that the upright folded, as shown in Fig. 4:.

Suitably attached to the posts 4 is a fence, generally designated 14, said fence provid ing a substantially hexagonal inclosure and in order that this inclosure may be entered for arranging the bait, one side of the fence is movableand constitutes a gate. An extra post 15 is used for this purpose so that the movable side of the fence may be opened and closed. The fence is made of interwoven wire suitably secured to the posts and the uppermost wire 16 is preferably of the barbed typei fence has the wires thereof of coarser mesh than the lower part of the fence, the upper to prevent domestic animals from placing their heads through the fence, but the interstices permit jack-rabbits and the like to pass through the fence and reach the bait. The lower tachable screens 17 that maybe used during the day time to prevent chickens, young 9 may be The upper part of the pige, or other small domestic animals from entering the corral, particularly when used I in a farm yard, but the interstices of the screens are not so small as to exclude gophers and mice. The screens 17 may be hingedly connected to the fence, as shown in Fig. 3, so that at night-it is only necessary to raise the screens, there being hooks or suitable holding devices 18 for retaining the screens elevated. The fence may be detachably connected to the posts so as to be removed when the device is to be folded or stored and for the set-up position the beams provide a substantial frame work and act as shoes or runners for shifting the device about, particularly over snow banks in the Winter.

- It is thought that the utility of my poisoned-food corral will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that such changes as are permissible by the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is 1. A device of the type described comprising a frame, a fence supported by said frame and providing an inclosure, and a bait holder centrally of said frame, said bait holder including a foldable upright and a container carried thereby.

2. A poisoned-food corral comprising beams assembled to provide a frame, a fence supported from the outer ends of said beams and adapted to be collapsed, and bait supporting means carried by one of said beams centrally of said frame.

3. A poisoned-food corral comprising cross beams, posts hingedly connected to the outer ends of said beams, woven wire attached to said posts and co-operating there- With in providing an inclosure, a portion of said wire constituting a gate and bait holding means carried by one of said beamsv t. A poisoned-food corral as called for in claim 3 wherein said bait holding means includes an upright, a bait container on one side thereof, and a bait holder on the opposite side of said upright.

5. A poisoned-food corral comprising beams joined together to provide a frame, posts hingedly connected to the outer ends of said beams, braces between said beams and posts, woven wires attached to said posts 7 and co-operating therewith in providing an inclosure, screens attached to the lower part of the woven wire, an upright hingedly connected to one of said beams centrally of said inclosure, and bait holding means carried by said upright.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PETER ERICKSON. 

